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We should abolish capital punishment
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A 1988 Supreme Court decision, Thompson v. Oklahoma,[REF] barred execution of offenders under the age of 16.
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Suicide should be a criminal offence
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2281 Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life.
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We should ban abortions
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Canada: A December 2001 Gallup poll about abortion in Canada, asked, "Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances or illegal in all circumstances and in what circumstances?" 32% responded that they believe abortion should be legal in all circumstances, 52% that it should be legal in certain circumstances, and 14% that it should be legal in no circumstances.
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We should disband ASEAN
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The ASEAN Secretariat, in particular through the IAI and NDG Division, supports the implementation and management of the IAI Work Plan and coordinates activities related to sub-regional frameworks. This includes servicing meetings, assisting in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of projects, resource mobilisation, and overall operational co-ordination among various IAI&NDG-related stakeholders.
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We should ban alternative medicine
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Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which has led to its endorsement by some researchers as a complementary therapy for improving quality of life [REF].
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We should ban herbal medicine
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The plant has been the subject of scientific research which confirms its use in folk medicine as a valid anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial herbal drug[REF] with anti-rheumatic activity [REF].
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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After his death in 1966 the former Dutch Prime-Minister Professor Schermerhorn commemorated Sjahrir in a public broadcast on national radio, calling him a "noble political warrior" with "high ideals" and expressing the hope that he will be recognised as such by next generations in Indonesia [REF].
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We should end water fluoridation
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In 2010, Bernama reported, "Principal Director (Oral Health) in the Health Ministry, Datuk Dr Norain Abu Taib said that only 75.5% of the country's population are enjoying the benefits of water fluoridation" [REF].
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We should prohibit slum tourism
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High prices would be charged to those in the slummers' balcony and there were differing prices for alcohol, depending on whether a customer was on the dance floor, in the slummers' gallery, or in a private booth [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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In 1923, he published the books "Practical Applied Journalism" (實際應用新聞學) and "The Journalism Pandect" (新聞學總論), which focus on the discipline of journalism and promote social justice and political renewal.
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Casinos should be banned
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Lansky became a prominent figure in Cuba's gambling operations,[REF] and exerted influence over Batista's casino policies.
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We should further exploit nuclear power
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Helen Caldicott has said: ".. in essence, a nuclear reactor is just a very sophisticated and dangerous way to boil water - analogous to cutting a pound of butter with a chain saw."[REF
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We should prohibit corporal punishment
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30% agreed that physical punishment should be part of child discipline.
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Organ donation should be mandatory
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Proposals have been made to bypass the legal and ethical issues surrounding organ donation. These include waiting for death to occur before procuring organs, expanding the definition of death, creating a special legal category for anencephalic infants, and defining them as non-persons [REF].
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We should ban gambling
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Ensuring no link between gambling and crime or disorder
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We should end daylight saving times
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During winter months (when daylight savings time is not in force) the society opens the Beverly-Begg Observatory to the public on Sunday nights starting at 7:30 pm.
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We should abolish primary elections
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The CIE 1931 color space standard defines both the CIE RGB space, which is an RGB color space with monochromatic primaries, and the CIE XYZ color space, which works like an RGB color space except that it has non-physical primaries that cannot be said to be red, green, and blue.
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We should limit the freedom of speech
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On the topic of freedom of expression, Bastarache questioned the value of spreading election results, and said that there was no evidence this could outweigh the principles of democracy of section 329 [REF].
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We should legalize sex selection
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A 2006 survey[REF] found that 42 per cent of clinics that offer PGD have provided it for sex selection for non-medical reasons.
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We should disband NATO
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On 29 August 2014, following reports that the Russian military was operating within Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk announced that he would ask the Ukrainian parliament to put Ukraine on a path towards NATO membership [REF].
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We should ban boxing
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Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided between the boxers as determined by contract.
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We should ban fast food
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In 2014, Popkin et al. published a study in which the authors reported that fast food consumption was not the sole contributor to childhood obesity, and that Western diets in general might be more strongly associated with obesity than fast food consumption alone [REF].
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We should further exploit small modular reactors
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Fluor also has a majority interest in NuScale LLC., which is developing a new type of 45-megawatt nuclear reactor called a small modular reactor (SMR) [REF].
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We should disband NASA
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President Obama signed the NASA Authorization Act 2010 on October 11 which officially brought the Constellation program to an end, replacing it with the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) programs to develop the launch vehicle and spacecraft to enable human exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit [REF].
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We should subsidize condoms
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Quilliam argues that a correlation exists between negative attitudes toward the use of condoms and reading of romantic fiction; as well as citing a survey that shows only 11.5% of romantic novels mention condom use.
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We should fight nationalism
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A 13 February 2012 opinion article in the state-owned Radio Nacional de Venezuela, titled "The Enemy is Zionism"[REF] attacked Capriles' Jewish ancestry and linked him with Jewish national groups because of a meeting he had held with local Jewish leaders,[REF][REF][REF] saying, "This is our enemy, the Zionism that Capriles today represents.. Zionism, along with capitalism, are responsible for 90% of world poverty and imperialist wars."[REF] .
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We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms
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Gen. John D. Altenburg, Jr., et al., in the Supreme Court case of D.C. v Heller, arguing that the individual right of the people to keep and bear arms enhances the collective goal of supporting national defense, and that the dichotomy between individual right argued by Heller and collective militia right argued by D.C. is false: the Second Amendment protects both [REF].
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We should introduce recall elections
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Recall elections for four Wisconsin state senators were held during the spring of 2012.
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We should ban racial profiling
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Critics of racial profiling argue that the individual rights of a suspect are violated if race is used as a factor in that suspicion.
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Private universities should be banned
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(Private) Founded in 1970 by the Franciscan Order, it's a private institution of higher education that serves like sectional for University of St. Buenaventura of Bogotá
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We should ban abortions
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In 2005, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said that making abortion illegal is more important than any other issue [REF
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We should further exploit natural gas
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One analyst expects shale gas to supply as much as half the natural gas production in North America by 2020
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We should abandon feminism
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Bruce has often been outspoken regarding her commitment to feminism, expressing concern at a 2006 poll that suggested almost three-quarters of women no longer saw feminism as necessary; "The contradictions are still there [in society] which is why I think feminism is still very relevant for me and it's just such a shame that it's become a byword for mustachioed, man-hating women from Lebanon."[REF]
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We should ban genetically modified crops
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That study was immediately criticized, with the reviewer writing, "Genetically, any given plant should be either nontransgenic or transgenic, therefore for leaf tissue of a single transgenic plant, a GMO level close to 100% is expected. In their study, the authors chose to classify leaf samples as transgenic despite GMO levels of about 0.1%. We contend that results such as these are incorrectly interpreted as positive and are more likely to be indicative of contamination in the laboratory."
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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A handful of networks, such as the U.S.-based Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television and National Public Radio (NPR), have been founded on a principle which effectively reverses the commercial broadcasting owned-and-operated station model and is called a state network.
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We should ban the sale of violent video games to minors
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Most studies
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We should legalize insider trading
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Members of the US Congress are exempt from the laws that ban insider trading.
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We should legalize the growing of coca leaf
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In states where coca is grown, child labour increased by 18% in 1997 and 40% in 2000.
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We should ban fast food
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A study conducted by researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health showed that poor diet and obesity as an overall factor are the leading causes of rising obesity rates in children. "While reducing fast-food intake is important, the rest of a child's diet should not be overlooked," Jennifer Poti, co author and doctoral candidate in the university's Department of Nutrition.
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We should ban organic food
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The use of nanotechnology-based products in the production of organic food is prohibited in some jurisdictions (Canada, the UK, and Australia) and is unregulated in others [REF].
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We should abolish marriage
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In an attempt to gain public favour for her proposed marriage, Princess Irene publicly stated that her marriage was intended to help end religious intolerance [REF].
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We should legalize prostitution
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Another, however, believes that legalizing and regulating prostitution does not improve the situation, but instead makes it worse, creating a parallel illegal prostitution industry, and failing to dissociate the legal part of the sex trade from crime [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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Therefore war journalism's over-selection of violent, as opposed to non-violent, responses to conflict may actually foster a misperception of excessive threat between parties.
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We should adopt a zero-tolerance policy in schools
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There is a strict zero tolerance policy against alcohol consumption in Seminar Houses, although during fall 2008 semester, Seminar House 4 was the location of a pilot project for reasonable and controlled consumption of alcohol within the Seminar House.
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Rapid fertility reduction associated with the one-child policy has potentially negative results
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Based on United Nations and Chinese government statistics, it was estimated in 1987 that by the year 2000 the population 60 years and older (the retirement age is 60 in urban areas) would number 127 million, or 10.1 percent of the total population; the projection for 2025 was 234 million elderly, or 16.4 percent
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We should fight for Palestinian independence
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In November 2001, Ariel Sharon was the first Israeli Prime Minister to proclaim that a Palestinian state was the solution to the conflict and the goal of his administration.
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We should abolish capital punishment
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will require amendment so that the death penalty cannot be imposed in any circumstances.
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The one-child policy is challenged in principle and in practice for violating a human right to determine the size of one's own family
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many babies put up for adoption had not been abandoned by their parents, but confiscated by family planning officials
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We should fight for Tibetan independence
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When Tibetan independence supporters disrupting the Olympic torch relay in Paris prompted calls for a boycott of French retailers in China such as Carrefour and Louis Vuitton, Bai went online to oppose a boycott.
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We should abandon the insanity plea
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In the retrial, the prosecution used the same argument it had used in the original trial back in 2003, arguing that Logan's insanity defense was illegitimate due to his usage of illegal controlled substances.
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We should disband the United Nations
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The creation of the conference interpreting service - and the interpreting profession itself - at the United Nations has a direct connection with the evolution of international diplomatic relations, the League of Nations, the Nuremberg trials, the founding of the United Nations, and the birth of multilingualism within the United Nations itself [REF].
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We should increase immigration to the United States
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What separates it from others who want immigration reform is that reductionists see immigration- or one of its forms- as being a significant source of social, economic, and environmental problems, and wish to cut current immigration levels.
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We should subsidize public transportation
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A study conducted in Milan, Italy, in 2004 during and after a transportation strike serves to illustrate the impact that mass transportation has on the environment.
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We should ban cosmetic surgery
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One method of non-implant breast reconstruction is initiated at the concluding steps of the breast cancer surgery, wherein the oncological surgeon is joined by the reconstructive plastic surgeon, who immediately begins harvesting, refining, and seeding (injecting) fat grafts to the post-mastectomy recipient site.
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Community service should be mandatory
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The many goals of the Mentor Program include: Increase girls' sense of self-worth, to improve girls' perspective toward education, to help girls' develop and define their short-term and long-term goals, to encourage social awareness through community service projects, and to build positive relationships and support networks with adults and peers.
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We should abolish personality tests
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Agnes Bron, a Scientology representative in France, denied that the test was related to Ballo's death, and asserted that the Scientology personality test was not created by the Church of Scientology [REF]. Scientologists pay royalties to the Hubbard Foundation for use of the test [REF]. She said that Ballo never actually received the results of her personality test [REF].
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We should limit the use of birth control
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Another Rhode Island study showed that 77.5% reported a desire to initiate use of birth control while 4.4% of women after four weeks of their release initiated use of contraception.
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We should subsidize distance education
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Feasibility studies were realised by EDEN for Distance Education in the Czech and Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and an important paper on the Development of a Regional Distance Education Network in Central and Eastern Europe, using TEMPUS and PHARE funds, and in co-operation with EADTU.
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We should legalize sex selection
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In order to validate the use of PGD, gender selection is based on the seriousness of the inherited condition, the risk ratio in either sex, or the options for disease treatment [REF].
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We should subsidize public transportation
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Proponents argue that good urban plans facilitate those processes and do not place barriers before them.
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We should disband the United Nations
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The Bush administration and several former U.S. ambassadors to the UN have warned that this may only strengthen anti-American sentiment around the world and serve to hurt current UN reform movements.
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Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians."[REF] .
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We should introduce universal health care
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In 2010, Catholic Democrats president Dr. Patrick Whelan published a study[REF] that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and asserted that the number of abortions in Massachusetts decreased after the 2006 passage of universal health care there.
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We should not subsidize cultivation of tobacco
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The population lived primarily on the cultivation of tobacco and fishery, and later on tourism.
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We should abolish primary elections
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Clinton then won most of the rest of the primaries facing eliminated or diminished competition.
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We should ban partial birth abortions
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According to an ABC News poll, the majority of Americans (69%) oppose the legality of D&X or what opponents call "partial-birth" abortion [REF].
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We should ban abortions
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In 1973, Franz Cardinal König wrote an open letter to Chancellor Bruno Kreisky opposing free-choice abortion and arguing that it was a "renunciation of society's responsibility to protect life, including unborn life."
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We should subsidize recycling
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Along with launching the Rescue Rainforest initiative, Tropicana has been trying to reduce their carbon footprint by encouraging carton recycling and supporting the Sustainable Forestry Initiative [REF].
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We should introduce recall elections
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Despite the protests, which followed shortly after Walker's inauguration, Walker's margin of victory in the recall election increased by 1 percentage point compared to the previous election (6.8% vs 5.8%).
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We should introduce year round schooling
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The success of the workshops led to a proposal at the fraternity's 1954 convention to create a permanent, year-round school in Gatlinburg.
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We should further exploit wind power
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According to the Directory of Indian Wind Power 2007, published by Consolidated Energy Consultants Limited [REF] .
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We should limit the use of birth control
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An additional barrier to acceptance was the fact that many chemists were reluctant to adopt physical methods (such as vapour-density determinations) to solve their problems.
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We should fight for Palestinian independence
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In addition, it condemns unilateral sanctions, supports creation of a Palestinian state, advocates nuclear disarmament, human rights free from political agendas and opposition to racism and "Islamophobia".
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We should fight global warming
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Critics have also argued that the programme is one-sided and that the mainstream position on global warming, as supported by the scientific academies of the major industrialised nations and other scientific organisations, is incorrectly represented [REF].
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We should limit the use of birth control
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Stephanopoulos later joked on The Colbert Report that he had a bet with fellow moderator Diane Sawyer that he could get Romney to say "contraceptions are working just fine" [REF].
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We should ban private education
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The school offers a tuition-free, high level education, providing voluntary boarding possibilities, and as such, draws a diverse group of students from all over Turkey, including students who cannot afford private education.
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Single-sex schools should be banned
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By statute of Queen Elizabeth II, the King's Schools were granted the right to award Queen's Scholarships in 1973, both in recognition of the reigning Queen, and because many of the King's Schools, previously all single-sex schools, were moving towards co-education at the time.
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Organ donation should be mandatory
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For example, a study showed that having a questionnaire about organ donation increased the willingness of participants to become organ donors [REF].
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We should legalize insider trading
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Deripaska claimed that Morgan Stanley abused its duties and engaged in unlawful insider trading that resulted in significant financial damage to Veleron, estimated at $15 million to $25 million [REF].
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We should abolish the monarchy
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The system is generally viewed by supporters of the monarchy as well functioning, and, as such, adhere to the analogy of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Along those lines, at a 1968 constitutional conference in which Quebec delegates raised the proposal of a republic, the other provincial representatives agreed that the monarchy had worked well and was not a matter for discussion;[REF] it was said two years later by Pierre Trudeau, who was by then in the Cabinet of Lester Pearson: "I wouldn't lift a finger to get rid of the monarchy .
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We should legalize cannabis
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The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime has also acknowledged the many "unintended negative consequences" of drug enforcement [REF
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We should disband NATO
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Paranormal matters: Accounts of miracles, alleged UFO/alien encounters (including examination of the Roswell UFO Incident and the Phoenix UFO Incident, the UFO incident in Eupen, Belgium observed by NATO fighter jets, or scientific questions about life on Mars), ghosts, Bigfoot, or other inexplicable phenomena.
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We should subsidize higher education
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Thus, fully understanding how need and merit (non-need) aid is determined is critical when looking to ensure greater access to higher education.
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We should lower the drinking age
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In 2004, Jacqueline Hackett, Executive Committee member of the 2003-2004 SADD National SLC, testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Education Reform at the hearing "Preventing Underage Drinking: What Works?"[REF] .
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We should ban beauty contests
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Trisha Krishnan, winner of the Miss Chennai 1999 beauty pageant, made an appearance in an uncredited role as a friend of Simran's character [REF].
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We should legalize cannabis
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The embassy's objectives are cannabis law reform via an education program for the community about hemp products and cannabis and "promoting a more tolerant and compassionate attitude to people in general" [REF].
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We should fight nationalism
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Calling themselves "Federalists," the nationalists convinced Congress to call the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 [REF].
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We should ban lotteries
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The first National Lottery show (entitled The National Lottery Live: The First Draw) was at 7 pm on Saturday 19 November 1994.
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We should disband NATO
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United Nations membership, which Kosovo does not have, is considered to be necessary for NATO membership [REF].
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We should ban genetically modified crops
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The House of Commons of the United Kingdom published a report in which they stated that the decline in sales during this period was linked to changing consumer perceptions of genetically modified crops [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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Scribe is part of a trend of "think tank journalism"[REF][REF] using the knowledge of Heritage policy experts to inform investigative stories [REF].
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We should abandon feminism
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Boreman made her charges public for the press corps at a press conference, with Dworkin, feminist lawyer Catharine MacKinnon, and members of Women Against Pornography.
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We should adopt direct democracy
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon argued that the only acceptable form of direct democracy is one in which it is recognised that majority decisions are not binding on the minority, even when unanimous [REF].
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We should legalize prostitution
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For instance, the legal stance of punishing pimping while keeping sex work legal but "underground" and risky is often denounced as hypocritical; opponents suggest either going the full abolition route and criminalize clients or making sex work a regulated business.
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We should abandon coal mining
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Early ergonomics research at IOM, particularly under the direction of Tom Leamon, helped to promote greater safety of coal miners and to increase the cost-effectiveness of production [REF].
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We should ban partial birth abortions
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Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in 2007's Gonzales v. Carhart, which held that a federal law criminalizing partial-birth abortion did not violate Casey because it did not impose an "undue burden".
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Homeschooling should be banned
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The National Education Association, a United States teachers' union and professional association, opposes homeschooling [REF].
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We should abolish the United Nations Security Council veto power
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On March 17, 2003, the US and Britain stated that they would not submit a resolution to the Security Council, admitting they did not have enough votes to force France or Russia to use a veto.
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We should limit the freedom of speech
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Human rights groups and international organizations believe that these articles subordinate the exercise of freedom of expression to the state.
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Suicide should be a criminal offence
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On March 4, 2004, Dr. Bruce Hyma, the Miami-Dade County chief medical examiner and expert toxicologist hired by State Attorney Lawson Lamar ruled that Kairis had committed suicide via a prescription drug overdose [REF].
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